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Roger - (my brother's name) Sounds like a great setup you have there with your cabin etc. On the black locust, I burn the same. Lost several black locust in a wind storm about 10 years ago. Always thought oak and walnut were hard to beat, but after burning locust now over many seasons it's hard to beat. Burns hot and for a long time with minimal popping. Of course it was dried for several years after being split, so it is extremely dry and dare I say provides about the ideal combination of burn rate, heat and minimal smoke.. Its hardness is at the top of the scale for N. American trees, which contributes to its high btu output. Best of luck if you do lose power. We will likely lose it too. We're only 1/2 mile outside the Vienna city limits, but our power goes out a lot when it gets windy. The saturated ground and forecast winds tomorrow are probably going to inflict some wide-spread outages.

The potential for a flash freeze with even a few flurries around DC tomorrow could cause mayhem. We had a serious flash freeze in Ohio (and other states in the midwest) during the blizzard of 78. The temp drop was 30+ F over an hour or so ivo our house. Coupled with wind gusts in excess of 65mph, the flash freeze made travel nearly impossible. Even where the wind blew the snow clear, the combination of wind and ice made plowing and travel impossible. We won't have the 12+ inches of snow around here, but just a dusting could be enough. So lets project the potential impact across the WDC metropolitan area on the day before Christmas Eve? Tomorrow is going to be a day to stay home...

31/25 NW of Vienna.

The snow on Christmas in 2009 was right at a week old. We got nailed on 18 Dec - my birthday (or maybe the 19th - was a long duration event) by the first of the 3 big storms that winter season, with the other two being the back to back storms in Feb. Was THE best welcome home present ever. We'd only moved into our home a couple weeks before having just returned from nearly 3 years in Bangkok, which don't get much snow!

Those are right up there with catawampus - as it seems the models are all over the place these days; askew with our collective appetite for a BECS or HECS...

32 and .38" so far... If only..... But that "only" is par for the course around here.

Many much more classy places to go than Nana. At times it is off-limits to farong (foreigners) and can be a violent place when folks misbehave. Lived not far from it for nearly 3 years.

Enjoy Thailand. Lived there for nearly 3 years until 13 years ago. Their hospitality is something we just don't get in the US. We lived in Bangkok near Lumphini Park. Worth the visit if you have time early in the morning or early evenings to see everyone out getting exercise. You'll see throngs of people by the hundreds exercising together. Enjoy the food too - we miss it there immensely. Tried to PM you but your account is locked. hehe.

992 LP that appears to be trying to close off and go neg tilt (hard to tell on my smallish screen). What's that saying some quote about LPs going negative before they pass eastern TN?

CWG is on board... https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/12/01/december-weather-outlook-dc-cold/

Just dropped another degree to 18 with a dp of 15. Didn't expect this. AAA is going to be busy this morning with jump starts.

Down to 24F here with a dp of 12... Just came in from outside - a tad nippy out there.

28 here NW of Vienna...

Remember that storm well. Lived in the purple area at the time. Got 17". Took my colleague and I seven hours to get home to Lorton from downtown DC. Had to pull pine trees off the Mt. Vernon Pkwy by having 13 people pile into and on top of his Isuzu Trooper for weight. Very memorable experience. The thundersnow was intense.

PSU, yes - very interested - with a suggestion. The Zoom sessions you did before were great. Nice balance of discussion and science. Don't break what isn't broken, to include the threshold used before on when the threat warrants a discussion. Believe many/most here would agree you have the expertise and respect on the forum to make the call.

Was just looking at the returns ivo Dover. Quite a line slowly run NE to SW slowly migrating to the S. Behind it are some really funky returns. One of the scans almost looks like a golf course map.

Remember that one too. Think it was Kate. Moved here in Aug 1985 from Ohio and had a couple that brought rain and some power outages to the DELMARVA.

45 here NW of Vienna. Feels great outside.

Indeed - soupy outside. 76F/74dp here. Just came in from working outside on our daughter's car. Wasn't bad when we started but, had to roll it into the ac in the garage.

Indeed - inbound precip is heading SE. Check out the returns over NJ. One level of precip is heading NE and another layer in the same general area is headed West.

A whopping .02" so far today....

Poplar spits easy, but is a very soft wood. It burns hot, but burns fast too. I have a good supply of black locust from several downed trees on our property. Locust is classified as a very hard wood on the scale. About the only think harder we have domestically is pear and osage orange. Tried to split osage orange long ago with my dad's splitter - don't ever try it. The twisted grain makes it nearly impossible to split. Locust burns great - has the highest heat content of any wood in N. America. Splits great too - is why the old timers used locust for split rail fences. And, it won't rot if left unspilt on it's side until you get around to splitting it. Electric log splitters are ok for small stuff, but they have significant limitations compared to gas. Built my log splitter nearly 40 years ago for my senior project in engineering school. Splits wood in both directions with a sliding double wedge to avoid the unproductive return cycle on most hydraulic splitters. Have 25 tons of force on the out stroke and 17 in the return stroke. It will work 4 men to death trying to keep up with it. The axle is off a B-52 APU and the main I-beam is galvanized steel from an electric sub-station (don't ask how I got those components). Still runs great after nearly 40 years.

What a spectacular day! Currently 70/61dp. Trimmed our yard for 2 hours, cut the grass for another hour, then installed a new tranny mount in my 91 Silverado with the garage door open and AC turned off. Sheer bliss!

Yea - suspect you're right. The cells out around Elkins and Clarksburg looked pretty active 30 mins ago and the lightening strikes were pretty strong, but the last several frames make it look like they are losing their punch.

1.78" so far today. Based on Sterling Radar returns from the line ivo of Winchester, there's more inbound.